Palm Coast bus driver involved in St. Johns County wreck

Published: Monday, November 26, 2012 at 1:38 p.m.

Last Modified: Monday, November 26, 2012 at 1:38 p.m.

A bus being driven by a Palm Coast woman for Pedro Mendez High School was rear-ended Monday while on the off-ramp of Interstate 95 with 39 students on board, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Sharon Paris, 58, was on the south exit ramp leading to County Road 206, just north of the Flagler County border, at 8:50 a.m. Monday when the bus was rear-ended by 43-year-old Darla Boyd of St. Augustine, a report states. Paris was slowing for the traffic ahead when the bus was hit.

"(Boyd) failed to maintain control and slow in time due to being distracted by an object falling from the passenger seat," a trooper reported. "While trying to retrieve the object, (she) failed to stop and the left front of (her vehicle) struck the right rear of (the bus)."

No one on the bus required hospitalization but Boyd was taken to Flagler Hospital, St. Augustine, in serious condition, according to the report.

<p>A bus being driven by a Palm Coast woman for Pedro Mendez High School was rear-ended Monday while on the off-ramp of Interstate 95 with 39 students on board, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.</p><p>Sharon Paris, 58, was on the south exit ramp leading to County Road 206, just north of the Flagler County border, at 8:50 a.m. Monday when the bus was rear-ended by 43-year-old Darla Boyd of St. Augustine, a report states. Paris was slowing for the traffic ahead when the bus was hit.</p><p>"(Boyd) failed to maintain control and slow in time due to being distracted by an object falling from the passenger seat," a trooper reported. "While trying to retrieve the object, (she) failed to stop and the left front of (her vehicle) struck the right rear of (the bus)." </p><p>No one on the bus required hospitalization but Boyd was taken to Flagler Hospital, St. Augustine, in serious condition, according to the report. </p><p>Boyd faces charges of careless driving.</p>